| intestinal helminth fauna of the shortfin mako isurus oxyrinchus (elasmobranchii: lamnidae) in the northeast atlantic ocean. | large oceanic sharks represent a suitable model to investigate the influence of a host's oceanic conditions on the structure of its helminth communities. in this study, we describe the intestinal helminth fauna, and investigate determinants of infracommunity structure, in 39 specimens of shortfin mako isurus oxyrinchus collected in the ne atlantic. six cestode species were found in the spiral valve of makos: 3 are typical from lamnid sharks, namely, gravid specimens of clistobothrium montaukensi ... | 2017 | 28177292 |